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News For more on this story see eBay's Skype sale gets go-ahead with settlement on CNET News.com. eBay has announced today that the sale of its controlling stake in VoIP service Skype will go ahead, following the settlement... [06 Nov 2009]
Photos: Android marches onto even more smartphones
Photo It's two years since Google announced it was building an open mobile OS platform - and the number of smartphones with Android inside is on the up. Sony Ericsson's first Android phone is a bit of a looker. [06 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up Check out silicon.com's list of business apps for the iPhone here. According to silicon.com's CIO Jury: never. silicon.com finds out in... [06 Nov 2009]
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News silicon.com has launched a networking group on LinkedIn to help readers connect with each other and keep up to date with silicon.com's top stories. The group is open to... [06 Nov 2009]
Windows 7: Over 200 per cent more popular than Vista
News That Windows 7 is more popular than Vista is no surprise - but just how much more love is Microsoft's latest OS getting? According to research by analyst NPD Group, Windows 7's first week after release blew Vista's out of the water. [06 Nov 2009]
Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment But acquisitions are a strategic activity that should be undertaken very carefully, SD Shibulal, Infosys' COO, told silicon.com. Indian outsourcers certainly have the cash - so why aren't they buying up... [06 Nov 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: Canon PowerShot S90
Photo Check out the latest in our series of gadget mini-reviews, courtesy of silicon.com's sister site CNET.co.uk, the home of technology reviews. Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for... [06 Nov 2009]
Bletchley Park's World War Two codebreakers in their own words
News At the event, silicon.com spoke to men and women who worked on the Colossus codebreaking machine and helped crack the Nazi military's codes. Photo: Andy... [05 Nov 2009]
Europe: Brace yourself for a telecoms overhaul
News The European Parliament and Council of Telecoms Ministers have reached a compromise over the rights of internet users continent-wide, setting Europe on course for a major overhaul of telecoms regulations. [05 Nov 2009]
BT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News BT is offering a free taste of superfast broadband to businesses in Glasgow. The trial is part of the telco's ongoing investment in fibre infrastructure in the UK. Back in 2008 BT announced it would be spending £1.5bn to bring fibre... [05 Nov 2009]
Exclusive: Jimmy Wales on what's next for Wikipedia
Comment In an exclusive interview, Wikipedia founder and silicon.com Agenda Setter Jimmy Wales talks to Natasha Lomas about what's next for Wikipedia and why the site needs geeks of all kinds. No I don't think... [05 Nov 2009]
Covert surveillance must be reserved for serious crimes, says government
News Local authorities must cut down on using covert-surveillance techniques to investigate petty offences, the government has said. Ripa (the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act) granted public authorities the power to use surveillance to... [05 Nov 2009]
Telegraph CIO on the rocky road to going Google
News TMG has also recently struck a new deal with another cloud computing firm, Salesforce.com, to carry out payment processing for its online sales operation on Coda software on Salesforce's Force.com platform. [04 Nov 2009]
Techies and hairdressers united in the moonlight
News The survey of more than 1,400 UK workers was carried out by recruitment agency review website Hirescores.com. Photo credit: Jacob Bøtter via Fickr.com under the following Creative Commons licence) What... [04 Nov 2009]
Whose IT budget has been hit the hardest?
News Photo credit: BullionVault via Flickr.com under the following Creative Commons licence) While the debate over bankers' bonuses may still be generating headlines, it seems the financial services industry has found one way... [04 Nov 2009]
